stay in the dark

stay in the dark

To remain ignorant of or uninformed about something. I always stayed in the dark about our finances when we were married, so I found it really difficult to manage money after we were divorced. The boss makes a point of staying in the dark about some of our…less legal activities. I know politics can seem really boring, but if you stay in the dark your whole life, you'll never have any say in the way the country is run.

See also: dark, stay

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stay in the dark

(about someone or something) Go to in the dark (about someone or something).

See also: dark, stay

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